Articles tagged with: Pakistan
Afghanistan Conflict Marks Ten Year Anniversity
On Friday, October 7, the United States reached grim milestone. This date marked the ten year anniversary of U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan. During this period of time over 1,700 American service men and women have been killed, thousands more have been wounded and maimed, and the cost to the taxpayers has exceeded one trillion dollars. In addition to American …
India Must “Take Up The Baton” In Asia-Pacific Region
As the United States and a few of her remaining NATO allies continue to conduct costly military operations in Afghanistan and Western Pakistan, the biggest democracy in the world, India, has remained on the sidelines. Although India is surrounded on three sides by enemies, and potential enemies, it has concentrated its efforts and its wealth on building commercial enterprises, and …
Pakistani/Iranian Alliance Will Win Afghanistan
Over a decade ago the U.S. government realized that the “fight against terrorism” would not only require boots on the ground in Afghanistan, but would also require military and political co-operation with Afghanistan’s neighbor to the East, Pakistan. At that time, the U.S. State Department was well aware that Pakistan was controlled by a military dictatorship, was corrupt to its …
Pakistani General Kayani Makes Dire Warning
Few people would dispute that 2011 has not been a really good year for the concept of “peace on Earth”. Popular rebellions have spread across North Africa, from Tunisia and Sudan to Egypt and Libya. The Middle Eastern countries of Bahrain, Syria, Yemen and Jordan have also experienced violence and social unrest brought about by years, even decades, of oppression …
The Post-Bin Laden World
The relationship between the United States and Pakistan is continuing to deteriorate, and the assassination of Bin laden on Pakistani soil will be viewed by most Pakistanis as a major affront to their sovereignty. This, of course, is nothing new. The U.S. government has suspected for a long time that Pakistan’s spy Agency, the ISI, knew of Bin Laden’s where-abouts, …
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
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The latest embarrassment for the Obama Administration was the WikiLeaks release of classified documents related to America’s faltering policy in Afghanistan. Fortunately, the U.S. government tends to “over-classify” documents, therefore much of the “sensitive” information was of dubious strategic value to America’s enemies. However, the released documents did put the national spotlight on just how convoluted the U.S. …
The Pakistani Aid Bill : A Line Drawn in the Sand
This week President Obama will sign a $7.5 billion aid bill for Pakistan, to be disbursed in $1.5 billion increments over a five year time frame. On the surface the bill is intended to be used for the construction of new schools, hospitals and other infra-structure development projects; however, beneath the surface the bill would require Pakistan to take military action …
Pakistan: A Growing Regional Problem
As expected, the ill-conceived capitulation of the Pakistani government to Taliban militants into the northwestern Swat Region has failed to bring about peace and security to the Pakistani people. The hope of the Zardari government was that the agreement with the Taliban to allow strict Islamic law in Swat and the surrounding areas would end their violent campaign to spread Islamic fundamentalism …
The Pakistani Conundrum
The fragile relationship between the United States and the government of Pakistan took one step backward this week, after the meetings in Washington between Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Gilani and President Bush. The Pakistani government has continued to take a hard line against US military incursions into the remote provinces of Pakistan, in pursuit of Taliban and al-Quidaoperatives. Mr. Gilani …
